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except you have a landing-net with a long 

 handle, to reach a good way. Always ob- 

 serve when you hook a fish, if he goes to 

 the bottom and never shows himself at the 

 top till you have almost killed him, you may 

 be assured he is well hooked, and with care 

 he is your own; but if you hook a fish and 

 it springs out of the water often, he is but 

 slightly hooked, or the point of it is against 

 a bone, which will make him bounce out of 

 the water several times, and, by so doing, 

 will frequently disengage himself from the 

 hook. 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 OF WORMS. 



JL HE ash-grub, is a milk-white worm, 

 with a red head, and may be had at any time 

 from Michaelmas till June : it is to be found 

 under the bark of an oak, ash, alder, or 



